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Ohio Rev. Code § 4507.35 (2026)

Duty to display license or furnish satisfactory proof of license upon demand; penalty

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Effective:
September 23, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 5 - 129th General Assembly
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(A) The operator of a motor vehicle shall display the operator's driver's license, or furnish satisfactory proof that the operator has a driver's license, upon demand of any peace officer or of any person damaged or injured in any collision in which the licensee may be involved. When a demand is properly made and the operator has the operator's driver's license on or about the operator's person, the operator shall not refuse to display the license. A person's failure to furnish satisfactory evidence that the person is licensed under this chapter when the person does not have the person's license on or about the person's person shall be prima-facie evidence of the person's not having obtained a driver's license.

(B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, whoever violates this section is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor. When the offense is an unclassified misdemeanor, the offender shall be sentenced pursuant to sections 2929.21 to 2929.28 of the Revised Code, except that the offender shall not be sentenced to a jail term; the offender shall not be sentenced to a community residential sanction pursuant to section 2929.26 of the Revised Code; notwithstanding division (A)(2)(a) of section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, the offender may be fined up to one thousand dollars; and, notwithstanding division (A)(3) of section 2929.27 of the Revised Code, the offender may be ordered pursuant to division (C) of that section to serve a term of community service of up to five hundred hours. The failure of an offender to complete a term of community service imposed by the court may be punished as indirect criminal contempt under division (A) of section 2705.02 of the Revised Code that may be filed in the underlying case.

(2) If, within three years of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations of this section or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 32 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1967–2026 · leading case: State v. Venham, 645 N.E.2d 831 (Ohio Ct. App. 1994).
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State v. Venham, 645 N.E.2d 831 (Ohio Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 14× “Appellee’s sole argument in support of Detective Moon’s request for appellant’s operator’s license is that R.C. 4507.35 requires drivers to produce their operator’s licenses upon an officer’s request made at any time and for any reason.”
Williams v. Schismenos, 258 F. Supp. 3d 842 (N.D. Ohio 2017). · cites it 6× “) Officers Lesser and Schismenos arrested Edward and charged him -with the following: failure to display a license, in violation of Ohio Rev. Code § 4507.35; assault, in violation of Ohio Rev.”
State v. Evans, 618 N.E.2d 162 (Ohio 1993). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to R.C. 4507.35, police have the authority to request a driver of a lawfully stopped motor vehicle to display a driver’s license or furnish satisfactory proof that he or she has such license.”
State v. Evans, 1993 Ohio 186 (Ohio 1993). · cites it 2× “FOOTNOTES: 1 Pursuant to R.C. 4507.35, police have the authority to request a driver of a lawfully stopped motor vehicle to display a driver's license or furnish satisfactory proof that he or she has such license.”
State v. Fips, 2026 Ohio 1207 (Ohio 2026). · cites it 5× “Under R.C. 4507.35(A), however, someone driving a motor vehicle is required to “display the operator’s driver’s license, or furnish satisfactory proof that the operator has a driver’s license, upon demand of any peace officer.”
United States v. Steven G. Campbell, 486 F.3d 949 (6th Cir. 2007). “The majority correctly concludes that once Campbell told Officer Salser that he had no identification with him, Officer Sal-ser had the probable cause necessary to arrest Campbell for violating Ohio Rev. Code § 4507.35. Majority Op. at 957-58 (“Because Officer Salser had…”
State v. Walker, 12 S.W.3d 460 (Tenn. 2000). “DiGiorgio the Ohio Court of Appeals considered what constituted satisfactory evidence or proof under Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 4507.35. 117 Ohio App.”
State v. Digiorgio, 689 N.E.2d 1018 (Ohio Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “35 provides in pertinent part as follows: “The operator of a motor vehicle shall display his license, or furnish satisfactory proof that he has such license, upon demand of any peace officer * * *. Failure to furnish satisfactory evidence that such person is licensed * * * when…”
State v. Dunlap, 2024 Ohio 4821 (Ohio 2024). “See R.C. 4507.35(A) (requiring that the operator of a motor vehicle “furnish satisfactory proof that the operator has a driver’s license, upon demand of any peace officer”).”
State v. Dozier, 933 N.E.2d 1160 (Ohio Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “12(B) in relation to R.C. 4507.35(A). When a driver does not have his driver’s license when stopped for a traffic violation, the failure to furnish satisfactory evidence of a license “shall be prima-facie evidence of the person’s not having obtained such a license.”
State v. Chagaris, 669 N.E.2d 92 (Ohio Ct. App. 1995). “Officer Meyers explained that he had been trained to ask for identification “so we know who it is we’re talking to.”
Piphus v. Blum, 670 N.E.2d 518 (Ohio Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “The trial court denied appellants qualified immunity because it found a genuine issue of material fact remained as “to whether officers of reasonable competence could disagree” that the arrests of appellees were lawful. Appellees were *222 arrested for failure to have a driver’s…”
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Ohio Rev. Code § 4507.35(A): 8 cases
State v. Fips, 2026 Ohio 1207 (Ohio 2026). “Under R.C. 4507.35(A), however, someone driving a motor vehicle is required to “display the operator’s driver’s license, or furnish satisfactory proof that the operator has a driver’s license, upon demand of any peace officer.”
State v. Dunlap, 2024 Ohio 4821 (Ohio 2024). “See R.C. 4507.35(A) (requiring that the operator of a motor vehicle “furnish satisfactory proof that the operator has a driver’s license, upon demand of any peace officer”).”
State v. Dozier, 933 N.E.2d 1160 (Ohio Ct. App. 2010). “12(B) in relation to R.C. 4507.35(A). When a driver does not have his driver’s license when stopped for a traffic violation, the failure to furnish satisfactory evidence of a license “shall be prima-facie evidence of the person’s not having obtained such a license.”
State v. Shipp, 2012 Ohio 6189 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012).
State v. McConico, 2024 Ohio 5657 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024).
Ohio Rev. Code § 4507.35(B)(1): 2 cases
State v. Fips, 2026 Ohio 1207 (Ohio 2026). “Under R.C. 4507.35(A), however, someone driving a motor vehicle is required to “display the operator’s driver’s license, or furnish satisfactory proof that the operator has a driver’s license, upon demand of any peace officer.”
State v. Kelly, 2022 Ohio 1696 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022).
Ohio Rev. Code § 4507.35(a): 1 case
Williams v. Schismenos, 258 F. Supp. 3d 842 (N.D. Ohio 2017). “) Officers Lesser and Schismenos arrested Edward and charged him -with the following: failure to display a license, in violation of Ohio Rev. Code § 4507.35; assault, in violation of Ohio Rev.”
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